Browse by Artist: HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS, RICHARD

Artist:	HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS, RICHARD
Title:	Blank Generation
Label:	MVD VISUAL
Format:	DVD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	MVDV 4823DVD

"A classic punk rock movie from 1980 starring Richard Hell, illustrating the end of the first wave of New York City punk rock better than any documentary. Nada (Carole Bouquet), a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up-and-coming punk rock star, Billy (Richard Hell). Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her lover, a fellow journalist trying to track down the elusive Andy Warhol (playing himself). Featuring members of the Voidoids and the Ramones. This long lost film is like a time capsule from the pre-Disneyfication of New York City: sleazy, dirty and most importantly, real. Includes a lengthy new interview with Hell about the film and more." "This is a priceless package. The real burnt-out New York in January and February 1978, the Voidoids live at CBGB, Ed Lachman's cinematography, Elliot Goldenthal's sound track, Carole Bouquet's face, my lithe figure, Andy Warhol to break your heart, Luc Sante demonically extracting the ugly truths from me re: the horror of it all (bonus feature which is better than the movie itself)...unique. Spring for it." -- Richard Hell. Region 0, NTSC format.

Artist:	HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS, RICHARD
Title:	Blank Generation
Label:	SIRE
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SR 6037HLP

Exact repro vinyl version of the debut Richard Hell album, originally issued by Sire in 1977; 180 gram vinyl . "Hell formed the Voidoids, whose unwavering individualism kept the group out of the big time while producing a demanding and impressive corpus of work. 'I was saying let me out of here before I was even born.' That lyric sums up Hell's attitude, which he expanded and perfected on Blank Generation with a new version of the title track and such powerful statements as 'Love Comes in Spurts' and 'New Pleasure.' The album combines manic William Burroughs-influenced poetry and raw-edged music for the best rock presentation of nihilism and existential angst ever. Hell's voice, fluctuating from groan to shriek, is more impassioned and expressive than a legion of Top 40 singers." --Trouser Press

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